More School Aid Urged For Handicapped
O T Banton reports Illinois may seek funding to educate over 1 800 handicapped children now without public schooling Most are in the south half of the state The commission heard that annual costs run 300 per pupil for physical handicap 250 for mental illness and 190 for social maladjustment Local funds cover the rest The panel debated efficiency and value of education spending and whether the state should fund expensive curriculums or softer courses without curriculum evaluation
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O. T. Banton
State
Orone
Charles W. Clabeugh
Champaign
Commission
Ionate
Clabaugh
George Drach
Springfield
Sam O. Dale
Fairfield
David Davis
Bloomington
Marshall Korshak
Chicago
Russia
Zollie Tippy Rites Set for Herrin Man
Funeral services for Zollie Tippy age 55 of 421 South 17th Herrin will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday. He was a Herrin city employee who died Monday in downtown Herrin while driving his truck. Funeral arrangements await arrival of his son Kerry from Hawaii expected home tonight.
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Zollie Tippy
S. 17Th
Herrin
Christi
Tippy
Herrin City
Jerry
Hawaii
Sex Deviation Said Widespread In Britain Parliament
A team of experts for the British Medical Assn reported that practicing homosexuals may be in Parliament. The panel, including 12 doctors and criminologists, found overall male perverts in Britain could exceed a half million, about 2 to 3 percent of all British males.
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London
Britain
British Medical Assn
United Kingdom
Dorothy Bernard Dies at 61 in Hollywood Heart Attack
Dorothy Bernard, the Irish cook in Life With Father, died in Hollywood on Thursday after a heart attack. She was 61.
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Cook
Portrayer Rayer
Hollywood
Dorothy Bernard
Welcome Home Tenneson Returns From Korea Captivity
Minneapolis welcomes 22 year old ex soldier Tenneson after five years apart. He arrives from Hong Kong via mercial passenger flight, reuniting with his mother Ada Howe in a silent embrace. He had refused to return to the United States for two years following captivity in the Korean War.
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Howe
Tenneson
Hong Kong
China
United States
Murphysboro Teacher Named to Illinois Education Exhibit
White, a staff member at Murphysboro Junior High, is chosen for a Southern Division exhibit at the Illinois Education Association annual meeting set for December 27 to 29 in Chicago. William H Carruthers, Murphysboro City Schools superintendent and IEA president, will speak. The convention includes numerous district representatives such as Virgil Wheel, Alma Hall, Robert McKinney, Lois Rowland, and O H Tripp.
Crainville School Hires New Teacher
Crainville Grade School announces the hire of Mrs Mildred Schmidt Coss of Carbondale to teach fifth and sixth grades and assist with the school chorus. She replaces Mrs Jean Moody, who previously served those two classes and taught in Alton schools.
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Mildred Schmidt Coss
Carbondale
Crainville
Earl Byers
Coss
Jean Moody
Alton
Anna Gas Line Progress in Anna City Council Hearing
A consulting engineer reported good progress on the 438 290 Anna natural gas project. Construction began last week with pipelines laid on Kohler Lincoln Dewey E Lewis Wilson Oak Forest and Sycamore Streets. The project is funded by a 600000 bond and contractor Triangle Construction Co. of Kankakee. Completion is expected by next June barring bad weather. Monthly gas rates are set at 1.50 for stove gas and 2.50 for space heating.
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Anna
Carter Jenkins
Springfield
Kohler
Lincoln
Dewey
E. Lewis
Wilson
Oak
Forest
Sycamore
Mary Whitney
Triangle Construction Co. of
Kankakee
Anna Stores Begin Late Christmas Openings
Anna retail stores will begin nightly Christmas openings, staying open until 8 p m through December 24, extending past the usual 5 30 p m closing time. This change applies to all Anna locations for the holiday period.
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Anna Retail
Fire destroys tractor owned by Roosevelt Greenwade
A truck tractor belonging to Roosevelt Greenwade at 1302 S Monroe St Marion was destroyed by fire at 8 20 am today. Firemen saved the trailer and investigators believe gasoline overflow while starting the engine sparked the blaze.
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Roosevelt Greenwade
S. Monroe St
Marion
Greenwade
Marion Woman Minnie Gamble Dies at 72 in Marion
Minnie Belle Gamble 72 of 1111 S Mechanic St Marion died 1 20 p m Thursday at Marion Memorial Hospital after a week as a patient She was born in Marion March 22 1883 She married Henry Gamble She leaves husband daughters Annabelle Pauline and Mrs Cleo Thn all of Marion Mrs Helms Ahrendt of Chicago sons William Henry Charles and Howard all in Marion Johnston City or Vermont Ill Brothers James and Albert Troutman Marion Sisters Mrs Nora Fozard Marion and Mrs Frank Gray Chicago Thirteen children and one great grandchild She was grandmother of Thomas E a 23 who drowned November 25 in Johnston City lake Services 3 p m Saturday Wilson Frick Memorial Chapel Marion Rev T R Brown officiating Burial Maplewood Cemetery Call after 6 p m today
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Marion
Minnie Gamble
Minnie Belle Gamble
S. Mechanic St
Marion Memorial Hospital
Henry Gamble
Gamble
Annabelle Gamble
Pauline Gamble
Cleo Th
Helms Ahrendt
Chicago
William and
Henry
Ildren
Thomas E. A
Johnston City Lake
Wilson Frick Memorial
T. R. Brown
Maplewood Cemetery
Wilson-Frick Funeral
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Murphysboro
Crainville School
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Carterville
York Ice Machines
McDaniel
Pinckneyville, Ill
Davis Motor & Investment Co
By Howell
Howell
Frost Furniture
AD Irwin
RCA Victor
Eaton & Brown Appliance Co
E. Main Carbondale
Euclid
Adams Road
Doepke
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